forspanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

forspan (三人称単数 現在形 forspans, 現在分詞 forspanning, 過去形および過去分詞形 forspanned)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To entice; seduce.

語源 2

From fore- +‎ span.

名詞

forspan (uncountable)

1. Foresight; the ability to see, predict, or perceive future events.
   • 1902, Day Otis Kellogg, Thomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith, The Encyclopaedia Britannica:

     In a remote age and country we find Njal, the hero of the Njal's saga, credited with forspan, or the gift of beholding such shadowy apparitions of future events — a power carefully distinguished from ordinary clear-sighted wisdom.